TALES OF THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS
N.J. Dawood (Translator & Introduction)
Language: English
Published by Penguin, London, UK, 1973
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Text/As New showing trace discoloration to text edges & shelfwear. Softcover/Good; sound w/edge & surface wear & faint creasings to back. Folktales of Indian, Persian & Arab origins. First complied from a lost Persian book of fairy tales titled Hazar Afsanach (A Thousand Legends), translated to Arabic cerca A.D. 850. This selected anthology follows MacNaghten's Culcutta Edition (1839 - 42). Lively, secular tales of medieval Islam. T'is said there was a Persian king whose wife was unfaithful, as was his sister-in-law to his brother. So it is he took to marrying one virgin after another, executing each next morn. Then there was Scheherazade. She, on the marriage night, tells the king a tale less its ending; curious, the king postpones her execution. The next night she concludes the tale and begins another, again, short the ending, and thus extends her life. So it is for 1,001 nights wherupon she is granted the right to live out her natural life span. 407 pgs w/engravings of William Harvey. Among the selected tales in that of Aladin of the Enchanted lamp. How many knew Aladin was born & raised in China and his parents, an established tailor & fabric weaver were Muslims of Moorish heritage?! Strong copy in a tired softcover.…
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- Title
- TALES OF THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS
- Author
- N.J. Dawood (Translator & Introduction)
- Publisher
- Penguin, London, UK
- Publication year
- 1973
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- None as Issued
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0140442898
- ISBN 13
- 9780140442892
- Illustrator
- William Harvey (Wood Engravings)
- Edition
- Penguin Paperback, 20th Printing
- Seller catalogs
- Anthology, Legends, Myths, Folk Tales, Vintage
Sometimes known as the Arabian Nights, Tales from the Thousand and One Nights includes some of the world's best-loved tales, including such classics as Aladdin and 'Sindbad the Sailor'
The tales told by Scheherazade over a thousand and one nights to delay her execution by the vengeful King Shahryar have become among the most popular in both Eastern and Western literature. From the epic adventures of 'Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp' to the farcical 'Young Woman and her Five Lovers' and the social criticism of 'The Tale of the Hunchback', the stories depict a fabulous world of all-powerful sorcerers, jinns imprisoned in bottles and enchanting princesses. But despite their imaginative extravagance, the Tales are also anchored to everyday life by their bawdiness and realism, providing a full and intimate record of medieval Eastern world.
In this selection, N.J. Dawood presents the reader with an unexpurgated translation of the finest and best-known tales, preserving their spirited narrative style in lively modern English. In his introduction, he discusses their origins in the East and their differences from Classical Arabic literature, and examines English translations of the tales since the eighteenth century.
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About the Author
N.J. Dawood founded The Arabic Advertising & Publishing Company in 1959, which is now one of the major producers of Arabic typesetting outside of the Middle East. He is best known for his translation of the Koran, the first in contemporary English, for the Penguin Classics in 1956. It has now sold over a million copies.
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